Clinical presentation and significance of emerging opportunistic infections

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-23

  Miller, Robert F ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acanathamoeba; Blood; Bone marrow; Human Immunodeficiency virus; Leishmania; Penicillium marneffei; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DIAGNOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0033968362     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2000.tb00005.x     Document Type: Article

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